Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s actual name is Benjamin Mileikowsky. He was born in 1949 in Tel Aviv and he grew up in Jerusalem. As Benjamin Netanyahu’s father was a renowned historian in the United States, he got a chance to spend his adolescent age in United States and his father taught him Jewish history.
Benjamin Netanyahu graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Science (SB) and a Master of Science (SM). He then became an economic consultant for the Boston Consulting Group.
Benjamin Netanyahu is basically a Polish Descent and he was born in a family of rabbis. His nickname is Bibi and his wife name is Sara.
Prior to becoming Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu was a soldier and a career diplomat. He returned back to Israel in 1967 to fulfill his military obligations.
Benjamin Netanyahu was a commando in Sayeret Matkal that was one of the most elite infantry units of Israel Defense Forces. He has participated in a number of daring commando operations including the release of hostages from a hijacked Sabena Flight 571 at Ben-Gurion Airport.
After carrying out 6 years of service in the Israel Defense Force, Netanyahu was discharged with the rank of a Captain.
In 1976 he was an employee of a Boston Consulting Group (an international business consulting firm) and later he joined the management of Rim Industries in Jerusalem.
Benjamin Netanyahu completely shattered by the death of his eldest brother Yonatan Netanyahu. He was killed while commanding the 1976 Entebbe rescue operation to free the passengers of an Air France airliner held hostage in Uganda .
Since then Benjamin Netanyahu has taken widespread initiative against international terrorism. He organized one international conference in Jerusalem in 1979 and the other one is in Washington in 1984 to combat international terrorism. His earnest initiative against International Terrorism has widely attracted to key political figures and opinion makers across the world.
Benjamin Netanyahu has been heading the Likud party government in Israel and he is the longest serving Prime Minister of Israel.
Details of his Prime Ministerial tenure given below:-
From 18 June 1996 to 6 July 1999
From 31 March 2009 to 18 March 2013
From 18 March 2013 to 6 May 2015
From 6 May 2015 to 9 April 2019
From 9 April 2019 to 17 Sept 2019
From 17 Sept 2019 to 17 May 2020
From 17 May 2020 to till date
2009 onwards Benjamin Netanyahu has been getting elected in the parliament in all the parliamentary elections. At the same time his Likud party never received a clear cut majority in the parliament. As Benjamin Netanyahu has been a master political manipulator, his party has always been getting direct/indirect political support from other political parties and Netanyahu has been able to hang on the prime ministerial power till now.
Benjamin Netanyahu is a shrewed and powerful politician. Under his able and efficient leadership, Israel has developed very fast and his country is now one of the powerful countries in the world. He never allows any of their hostile country to attack, dominate or harm them.
Ever since Narendra Modi became Prime Minister of India in 2014, Benjamin Netanyahu has been keeping cordial relationship with Narendra Modi and their mutual relationship are now widely benefiting to both the Israel as well as India in a bigger manner.
Netanyahu was the second Israeli Prime Minister visited India in 2018. Earlier Ariel Sharon was the first Israeli Prime Minister to visit India in 2003.
Israel’s main enemy is now Iran and the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed that Iran would not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons. Israel is always suspecting that once Iran developed nuclear bomb, then Iran will use the same against Israel at any time.
Israel carried out cyber attack on Iran’s target:-
That was the main reason, In July 2020 Israel has carried out a deadely cyber attack on two Iran’s important facilities (one related to uranium enrichment and the other one related to missile production). Israel’s deadly cyber attack has caused massive fire and explosion at the largely underground Natanz nuclear enrichment facility.
Israel assassinated Iran’s Nuclear Scientist:-
In November 2021 Israel also assassinated a renowned Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh who was the modern architect of Iran’s nuclear program. More than 20 Israeli Agents successfully ambushed on scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh with the support of some Iranian nationals after eight months of surveillance.
To assassinate him from Iran itself, Israeli intelligence agency Mossad successfully smuggled a one tone gun into Iran in pieces. They mounted the automated gun on a Nissan pick-up truck and operated remotely by their agents on the ground as they observed the target.
Conclusion:-
Benjamin Netanyahu is a master in forging coalition government and he is regarded as more effective in securing the country against outside threats. At present Israel does not have any other political leader who can politically challenge Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Under his able and efficient leadership, Israel has already resumed the bilateral relationship with many countries such as Saudi Arabia, Sultanate of Oman, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, Sudan and Morocco, etc.
